Panthers'
Newton released from the hospital after car accident
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[December 11, 2014]
(Reuters) - Carolina Panthers
quarterback Cam Newton was released from a Charlotte, North Carolina,
hospital on Wednesday, one day after being involved in a car accident
and suffering minor back fractures.
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Newton, 25, suffered two transverse process fractures in his
lower back but no other internal injuries, the National Football
League team said, and was ruled out of Sunday's game against Tampa
Bay.
"It's going to be a week-by-week thing," Panthers coach Ron Rivera
told a news conference. We'll see how he is."
Nine-year NFL veteran Derek Anderson will start on Sunday in place
of Newton. He started in the Panthers' season opener, also against
the Buccaneers, as Newton was recovering from a broken rib.
A police report said the driver of the vehicle that struck Newton's
truck was Nestor Pellot Jr., 46, of Fort Mill, South Carolina.
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2014/Dec/11/images/ads/current/investment_center_sda_120313.png) Neither driver was cited in the two-vehicle crash outside Bank of
America Stadium, although two witnesses said Pellot appeared to pull
out in front of Newton.
The transverse processes are tiny bones jutting out from the
vertebrae. Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo suffered two
fractures in his transverse process earlier this year and missed one
game.
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Newton, who threw for three touchdowns and ran for another in a
41-10 victory over New Orleans last Sunday, had ankle surgery in
March. In August, he fractured a rib during a preseason game against
the New England Patriots.
"Cam Newton has soreness but is in good spirits," the team said on
its Twitter account. "He's excited to be discharged and begin
recuperating with family."
(Reporting by Steve Ginsburg in Washington; Editing by Susan Heavey
and Eric Walsh)
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